diff --git a/src/main/java/com/tencao/morebees/MBCore.kt b/src/main/java/com/tencao/morebees/MBCore.kt
index 18d3d00..4dc4bff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/tencao/morebees/MBCore.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/tencao/morebees/MBCore.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ object MBCore {
     const val VERSION = "1.12.2-2.0.1"
     const val DEPS = "required-after:forge@[14.23.4,);" +
             "required-after:forgelin@[1.7,);" +
-            "required-after:forestry@[5.8,);"
+            "required-after:forestry@[5.8,);" +
+            "after:thermalexpansion@[5.5,);"
 
     @SidedProxy(clientSide = "com.tencao.morebees.proxy.ClientProxy", serverSide = "com.tencao.morebees.proxy.CommonProxy")
     internal lateinit var proxy: CommonProxy
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/tencao/morebees/recipes/RecipesCentrifuge.kt b/src/main/java/com/tencao/morebees/recipes/RecipesCentrifuge.kt
index 1d4448b..236b46d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/tencao/morebees/recipes/RecipesCentrifuge.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/tencao/morebees/recipes/RecipesCentrifuge.kt
@@ -9,17 +9,25 @@ import forestry.core.ModuleCore
 import net.minecraft.init.Blocks
 import net.minecraft.init.Items
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack
+import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound
+import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagList
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLInterModComms
+import kotlin.math.roundToInt
 
 object RecipesCentrifuge {
+    fun registerRecipe(ticks: Int, input: ItemStack, outputs: Map<ItemStack, Float>) {
+        RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(ticks, input, outputs)
+        registerTECentrifugeRecipe(ticks * 200, input, outputs)
+    }
 
     fun registerRecipes() {
-        RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombDirt), ImmutableMap.of(
+        registerRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombDirt), ImmutableMap.of(
                 ModuleCore.getItems().beeswax.itemStack, 1.0f,
                 ItemStack(Blocks.DIRT), 0.9f))
 
         if (Loader.isModLoaded("IC2")) {
-            RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombRock), ImmutableMap.of(
+            registerRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombRock), ImmutableMap.of(
                     ModuleCore.getItems().beeswax.itemStack, 1.0f,
                     ItemStack(Blocks.STONE, 1, 1), 0.5f,
                     ItemStack(Blocks.STONE, 1, 3), 0.5f,
@@ -27,7 +35,7 @@ object RecipesCentrifuge {
                     OreDictUtil.getOreStack("dustStone"), 0.9f))
         }
         if (Loader.isModLoaded("IC2-Classic-Spmod")){
-            RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombRock), ImmutableMap.of(
+            registerRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombRock), ImmutableMap.of(
                     ModuleCore.getItems().beeswax.itemStack, 1.0f,
                     ItemStack(Blocks.COBBLESTONE), 0.9f,
                     ItemStack(Blocks.STONE, 1, 1), 0.5f,
@@ -35,44 +43,71 @@ object RecipesCentrifuge {
                     ItemStack(Blocks.STONE, 1, 5), 0.5f))
         }
 
-        RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombWither), ImmutableMap.of(
+        registerRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombWither), ImmutableMap.of(
                 ModuleCore.getItems().refractoryWax.itemStack, 1.0f,
                 ItemStack(Items.BONE), 0.9f,
                 ItemStack(Items.COAL), 0.7f))
 
-        RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombSlime), ImmutableMap.of(
+        registerRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombSlime), ImmutableMap.of(
                 ModuleCore.getItems().beeswax.itemStack, 1.0f,
                 ItemStack(Items.SLIME_BALL), 0.9f))
 
 
-        RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombMetallic), ImmutableMap.of(
+        registerRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombMetallic), ImmutableMap.of(
                 ModuleCore.getItems().beeswax.itemStack, 0.8f,
                 ModuleApiculture.getItems().honeyDrop.itemStack, 0.5f,
                 ItemStack(MBItems.PropolisMetallic), 0.5f))
 
-        RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombCrystal), ImmutableMap.of(
+        registerRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombCrystal), ImmutableMap.of(
                 ModuleCore.getItems().beeswax.itemStack, 0.8f,
                 ModuleApiculture.getItems().honeyDrop.itemStack, 0.5f,
                 ItemStack(MBItems.PropolisCrystal), 0.5f))
 
-        RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombSpectrite), ImmutableMap.of(
+        registerRecipe(20, ItemStack(MBItems.CombSpectrite), ImmutableMap.of(
                 ModuleCore.getItems().beeswax.itemStack, 0.8f,
                 ModuleApiculture.getItems().honeyDrop.itemStack, 0.5f,
                 ItemStack(MBItems.PropolisSpectrite), 0.35f))
 
-        RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(10, ItemStack(MBItems.PropolisCrystal), ImmutableMap.of(
+        registerRecipe(10, ItemStack(MBItems.PropolisCrystal), ImmutableMap.of(
                 ModuleApiculture.getItems().propolis.itemStack, 0.3f,
                 ItemStack(MBItems.GrainsCrystal), 0.6f,
                 ItemStack(MBItems.GrainsCrystal), 0.3f))
 
-        RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(10, ItemStack(MBItems.PropolisMetallic), ImmutableMap.of(
+        registerRecipe(10, ItemStack(MBItems.PropolisMetallic), ImmutableMap.of(
                 ModuleApiculture.getItems().propolis.itemStack, 0.3f,
                 ItemStack(MBItems.GrainsMetallic), 0.6f,
                 ItemStack(MBItems.GrainsMetallic), 0.3f))
 
-        RecipeManagers.centrifugeManager.addRecipe(10, ItemStack(MBItems.PropolisSpectrite), ImmutableMap.of(
+        registerRecipe(10, ItemStack(MBItems.PropolisSpectrite), ImmutableMap.of(
                 ModuleApiculture.getItems().propolis.itemStack, 0.3f,
                 ItemStack(MBItems.GrainsSpectrite), 0.5f,
                 ItemStack(MBItems.GrainsSpectrite), 0.2f))
     }
+
+    fun registerTECentrifugeRecipe(energy: Int, input: ItemStack, products: Map<ItemStack, Float>) {
+        // Use the FML inter mod comms mechanism to register new recipes with Thermal Expansion,
+        // per this example: https://github.com/CoFH/CoFHCore/blob/1.12/src/main/java/cofh/api/util/ThermalExpansionHelper.java
+
+        // This approach avoids having to include any build-time dependencies from TE
+        val msg = NBTTagCompound()
+        msg.setInteger("energy", energy)
+        msg.setTag("input", writeToCompound(input))
+
+        val outputs = NBTTagList()
+        for ((item, chance) in products) {
+            val entry = writeToCompound(item)
+            entry.setInteger("chance", (chance * 100).roundToInt())
+            outputs.appendTag(entry)
+        }
+
+        msg.setTag("output", outputs)
+
+        FMLInterModComms.sendMessage("thermalexpansion", "addcentrifugerecipe", msg)
+    }
+
+    fun writeToCompound(s : ItemStack) : NBTTagCompound {
+        val compound = NBTTagCompound()
+        s.writeToNBT(compound)
+        return compound
+    }
 }
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